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For a rock concert to be considered great, it usually combines an engaging performance with polished musicianship — but it’s rare that any rock musician finds a way to transcend the form. But Roger Waters, former bassist and chief creative mastermind behind the seminal progressive rock band Pink Floyd, did just that Nov. 18 at [...]

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A Must For the Dick Mud Scholar employs biting satire towards society’s trends, fads and subcultures and mixes it with generous doses of sardonic self-deprecation. The solo project/alter-ego of guitarist and singer Alex McKelvey, Mud Scholar — as defined from McKelvey’s MySpace — is “a lost, perverted soul who is unafraid of ’90s chord progressions [...]

The New Deal takes alternative direction with electronics

When Canadian jam-electronic trio The New Deal formed in 1998, there was no conscious decision to exclude the typical element of guitar. Quite the opposite is true, in fact. According to keyboardist Jamie Shields, the band came together spontaneously, with virtually no premeditation. The lineup intact to this day — Shields, bassist Dan Kurtz and [...]

listen up! Interpol

Interpol’s fourth album is, as its eponymous title suggests, a unified statement of purpose of sorts for the band — ironic considering something quite the opposite happened in the real world for the band itself. Shortly after finishing recording the album, bassist Carlos Dengler quit, reducing Interpol to a core trio; vocalist/guitarist Paul Banks, guitarist [...]

listen up! Fall preview

What to look for coming this fall. 1. Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ (Aug. 3) The third album by the indie-pop collective, “The Suburbs” arrives three years after the acclaimed “Neon Bible.” For the album’s content, brothers Win and William Butler have taken a reflective approach, drawing inspiration from their upbringing in the suburbs of [...]

listen up! The Black Keys

At this point in Akron, Ohio-based duo The Black Keys’ career, comparisons to The White Stripes have become inevitable — almost expected.  But in reality, the only real similarities between the two groups are their two-member lineup and affection for the blues. Beyond these superficial parallels, guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney [...]

listen up!- Dr. Dog “Shame Shame”

  “Shame, Shame” marks the beginning of psychedelic rock quintet Dr. Dog’s second decade as a band. It also shows the Philadelphia-based band still knows its strengths — lush, ’60s-esque pop songs — and still plays to them. This doesn’t mean Dr. Dog has stayed the same, as the band has continued to find ways [...]

Earth Day inspires eco-friendly music festival

“Going green” has become one of the ultimate buzz phrases of the past 10 years, and to further help raise awareness of Earth’s fragile ecosystem — and just in time for Earth Day — New Earth Music Hall is unveiling its most monumental production yet. It’s called the New Earth Day Festival, and it spans [...]

listen up!- Jonsi’s “Go”

Jon “Jonsi” Birgisson, the longtime lead vocalist and guitarist of Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Ros, has started to step out from the shadow of his main band in recent years. First there was 2009’s “Riceboy Sleeps,” a narcotic, extremely ambient collaboration with boyfriend Alex Somers. Now, less than a year later, Birgisson has put Sigur [...]

Adult Swim hits downtown tonight

You’ve no doubt seen it on every college stoner’s TV set late at night, but have you ever seen it in a parking lot in downtown Athens? Yes, Cartoon Network’s legendary Adult Swim is in the middle of its block party tour around the United States — and the Classic City is its destination tonight. [...]

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